...." It feels as if every day we read about another disorderly passenger on a
commercial flight. But in reality, the numbers are even worse than that.
Since January, the Federal Aviation Administration recorded
approximately 2,900 reports of "unruly behavior by passengers" -- which comes out to almost 18 incidents per day.
.... For perspective, this is nearly 20 times higher than what's normally recorded in an entire year. As the head of one of the flight attendants unions recently explained, there has been a "constant combative attitude" by some passengers that
has alarmingly led to flight attendants being attacked and injured. Just
last month, a passenger punched a Southwest flight attendant in the face, knocking out two of her teeth.
Are
we just becoming more brutish as a people? Has the isolation caused by
Covid-19 restrictions made us less civil? Perhaps. But one other fact
about these incidents tells us there may be something else likely
contributing to the aggression: Trumpism. ".....